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Tó-nama

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1 tó-nama

m. A surname, cognomen :-- His tónama wæs Cambises gecweden, Homl. Ass. 103, 25. 'Huætd ðé tónoma (or tó noma (dat.)?; Rush. has noma) is?' And cuoeð tó him: 'Here tónoma mé is' quod tibi nomen este? Et dicit ei: 'Legio nomen mihi est,' Mk. Skt. Lind. 5, 9. [Ðes wimman hadde on toname Magdalene, O. E. Homl. ii. 143, 13. Nu þu iherest of wuche gomen aras þer þe tonome ... tonome ariseð ofte of lutle þing þe long ilasted, Laym. 9383. God gyueth the riche fowl towname (Ger. zu-name. Cf. Dan. til-navn.]
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ᛏᚩ-ᚾᚪᛗᚪ

Possible runic inscription in Anglo-Saxon futhorc

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Mk.
Gospel of St. Mark (OE translation)
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